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Deputies find another meth lab

A porch light remains on at 207 Queen Road, in St. Augustine South, where sheriff's deputies found an inactive meth lab on Wednesday, December 12, 2012. By DARON DEAN, daron.dean@staugustine.com

Detectives found an inactive methamphetamine lab Wednesday afternoon at a house that was the site of a shooting a couple of years ago and another meth bust several months ago.

Deputies have responded to several calls for service involving 207 Queen Road within the past year, said St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Cpl. Catherine Payne. The house is in St. Augustine South.

On Wednesday, Sheriff’s Office detectives served a search warrant at the house and found an inactive meth lab, said Detective Shawn Ferris.

“Lots of previous cooks” were found, he said. Officials did not find any meth in the house.

No one was arrested Wednesday, but one woman who was found in the house was taken to a local hospital, he said.

Charges are pending against two people who live at the house, according to a Sheriff’s Office release. Their names have not been released.

Deputies busted a meth lab at the same house in March, according to a previous story. The house was also the site of a murder-suicide more than two years ago.

In September 2010, Francisco C. Gutierrez, 47, fired multiple rounds outside of 207 Queen Road, according to previous stories. Harry Lee Brano, 71, was found dead in his car, and SWAT team members found Gutierrez dead several hours later when they went inside the house.

Brano lived at the house with Gutierrez’s wife and children.

In March, probation officers checked on a man living at the house and found suspicious chemicals. Deputies responded and found a meth lab.

Payne declined to comment about whether any of the same residents are still living at the house.

Also, someone who was listed as a resident was recently arrested for disorderly conduct near the house.

Deputy Anthony Harrell arrested Stacey Harrison, 38, on a misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct on Dec. 9, according to the report.

“S. Harrison was yelling profanities in the street on Queen Rd. at another citizen unprovoked,” according to the report. Harrison is listed as living at 207 Queen Road.